Dems Look at Bypassing Senate Health Care Vote

[Appaholic]

BOSTON - A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday's Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action.

The likeliest scenario would require persuading House Democrats to accept a bill the Senate passed last month, despite their objections to several parts.

A GOP win in Massachusetts on Tuesday would likely kill that plan, because Republicans could block Senate action on the reconciled bill.

The newly discussed fallback would require House Democrats to swallow hard and approve the Senate-passed bill without changes. President Barack Obama could sign it into law without another Senate vote needed.

The plan is highly problematic. House liberals already are bristling over changes the Senate forced upon them earlier, and some may conclude that no bill is better than the Senate bill. Meanwhile, some moderate Democrats may abandon the health bill altogether after seeing a Republican win Kennedy's seat in strongly Democratic Massachusetts.

Republican activists openly scoffed at the notion of Democrats passing the highly contentious health package after a GOP takeover of Kennedy's Senate seat. But some Democrats said failure to pass a health bill will cripple their ability to tell voters this November that they accomplished anything with their control of the House, Senate and White House.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34914024/ns ... re_reform/

Change indeed.....

[mainejeff]

What an effin waste of time.

Thanks Obooba.

[ASUG8]

Well, since very little has been accomplished in a year's time, despite a supermajority, maybe it will be a short state of the union address this year.

[UNHWildCats]

Well, since very little has been accomplished in a year's time, despite a supermajority, maybe it will be a short state of the union address this year.

doubtful since the SOU usually is heavy on what he wants to do over the next year as opposed to what he did the previous year.

[ASUG8]

Well, since very little has been accomplished in a year's time, despite a supermajority, maybe it will be a short state of the union address this year.

doubtful since the SOU usually is heavy on what he wants to do over the next year as opposed to what he did the previous year.

I'd just like to hear the reconciliation of his self described "solid B+" effort this year.

[AZGrizFan]

doubtful since the SOU usually is heavy on what he wants to do over the next year as opposed to what he did the previous year.

I'd just like to hear the reconciliation of his self described "solid B+" effort this year.

Well, he's givin' himself an extra 2 weeks to accomplish something.

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Obam ... /id/346073

Barack "Seinfeld" Obama....the Presidency about NOTHING.

I guess he could spent 2 hours talking about his No-bell Piece Prize....the one he got for doing NOTHING.